Quantified Storytelling: A Narrative Analysis of Metrics on Social Media

by Carsten Stage, Alex Georgakopoulou, Stefan Iversen

This book interrogates the role of quantification in stories on social media: how do visible numbers (e.g. of views, shares, likes) and invisible algorithmic measurements shape the stories we post and engage with? The links of quantification with stories have not been explored sufficiently in storytelling research or in social media studies, despite the fact that platforms have been integrating sophisticated metrics into developing facilities for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030480739
• ISBN13: 9783030480738
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 149 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"